My 16yo wanted to go to Genghis Grill for his birthday dinner so we took him. The 3yo wasn’t interested in rice….because they didn’t have cheeseburgers. So after dinner the birthday boy just wanted a shake from Sonic so we took him there. As soon as we pulled up the 3yo sees the cheeseburgers on the menu and starts yelling about cheeseburgers. We asked him if he wanted ice cream or cheeseburger and he didn’t think for a second and said cheeseburger. The intercom lady tells us it’s just drive through so we pull up to the drive through ordering intercom and my 3yo is yelling cheeseburger please! Over and over again. My wife shuts him up and I’m able to order the desserts and cheeseburger. When we get to the window the 3yo starts saying ‘hi! Cheeseburger please!’ Over and over again. The lady hands us the order and I ask him if he wants the cheeseburger and of course he says yes. We’re driving home and I ask my wife if he’s eating it and she looks back and starts laughing. He’s sitting there hugging the cheeseburger and says he wants to save it until he gets home. We get home and he sits on the couch and destroys the cheeseburger without saying anything. He gets done, sighs and says ‘I love cheeseburgers.’
I recall making my folks take me to Shanghai Sushi off of Westheimer Far before Sushi was a thing. You had to sit on your knees Japanese style while they served you. Kinda cool in retrospect. And My son kills Cheeseburgers. That and Big burritos. My favorite is FM Kitchen. So simple and sooo good.
My son was trending on Twitter today. His youtube channel has been the second most watched with respect to the Rittenhouse trial and beating all MSM with the exception of PBS News Hour the past 2 weeks. Today youtube struck a number of non MSM sites covering the trial with a bogus copyright claim. (supposedly an accident due to automation). His site was mentioned on the news blurbs regarding this and was also trending on Twitter due to this. He still got up to 86,000+ concurrent viewers after the SNAFU was resolved. Probably would have hit the 100,000 mark otherwise.
My little girl is about 32 hours old and she's taken 9 ***** already. Combined they measured about 1 couric. So proud of her.
Anyone who has kids now, grow up (late 20s/early 30s) with the idea they didn't want kids? That's where I'm at. My best friends have kids. I honestly cannot stand them. I can't stand any kid to be honest. When did it change for you? What changed? Was it simply meeting 'the one' ?
I was completely apathetic to having kids until I married my wife. I love kids now would have more if I could. The right partner and biological imperative can easily seal the deal for you.
Love the kid stories. I remember the first night my family and I celebrated moving here from California we went to Landrys... my then seven year old daughter ordered the salmon dinner. From that point on we only went to McDonalds with her...
One thing we taught our kids early was that if they wanted a drink at a restaurant they had to pay for it themselves. They most often chose water. We got them into Chinese food by showing them how to use chopsticks. Also, it's generally a cheap family meal.
I've thought about this philosophy since I've had kids. I just love my kids 100% and my teenager has been very mild with very little drama and giving me lip. In fact, when he talks smack it's good natured and funny so we laugh. That may change in the future and I can definitely see some pushback from the 3yo in the future because he's a hardhead but as far as I'm concerned at this point they could stay with me forever....I will say that I'll probably laugh at this statement in 20 years
my middle school kid been hanging out with some not so good influence friends, and she's behaving badly in school... any advices?
I have 2 boys, one is 22 and a senior CIS major at Texas State. He is smart, kind, and a 2nd degree black belt in Karate. He moved into his new apartment in August, and I miss him. Fortunately he is 25 minutes door to door and we have found a great Dim-sum restaurant in San Marcos that I drive down there and go to dinner to catch up with him. At first, he was back all the time, now we don't see him but once every couple of weeks, unless I drive down - we do text and call during Rocket games, he is as big of a fan as I am, so that is pretty cool.... The Youngest is about to turn 19 on Friday - is a Freshman at the University of Utah - He was the one I spent the last 10 years of weekends traveling around to soccer tournaments with - had this big dream of getting him a D1 scholarship, then his senior year, captain of both the club and high school teams with several soccer offers - Michigan, Umass, Tulsa, Duke on the table, he informs his mother and I that he doesn't want to play soccer in college. WHAT? Well there ya go, fortunately, he got a full academic ride to Utah for Engineering and Physics, ironically he plays more soccer than ever, but now just for fun.... I miss both of them, loved loved LOVED being a dad, still do........empty nesting is different, still adjusting......but very happy for my kids.... DD
I'm the middle school teacher that gets the bad kids put into his class and turns them around, but they're all boys. Troubled girls, though, I can't with them. I can say she needs you to be the best example of a father and man you can possibly be. Also, no offense, but behaving badly for an Asian is USUALLY different than behaving badly for everyone else. You sure you're not overreacting and you just need to stay on her, but also relax?
I never really planned it. I suspect most males don't*. I just progressed through life doing what felt right. Eventually found my wife, and shortly after that wanted to try having a kid. Now I'm up to 3. We're done, but if money were no concern I'd probably have a dozen. I never actually held a baby in my life until the doctor handed me my first born. So I would say it is possible to become a "kid person" or whatever, but I'm not one of those people who thinks it's what everyone must do. The life I wanted lended itself nicely to having kids so everything kind of fell into place. I don't think I ever really debated it. I was just childless until I no longer wanted to be. *On a related note, is it just me or is it difficult to get in the mood for secks when the stated goal of the event is to make a baby? I definitely had to block that out. I was relieved when I later watched Cheers and saw that this was a problem for Sam Malone as well.
no overreacting. I get calls from the teachers and even assistant principal from time to time, so yeah....
